---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise local government audit, financial reports"
description: "Revise local government audit, financial reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 372"
citation: "Montana SB 372 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frederick (Eric) Moore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b94dcc57-b88f-4691-9f67-4221b7f2f5d8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0021&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "9de2faa909ae46e32c8a519819a604c1dd3c490a3c103e285dfee7d936388deb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana SB 372 (2017) — Revise local government audit, financial reports

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0372.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend Rules 50-190-Thomas — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **95–5** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–5** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Moore D/PASS — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass As Amended — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frederick (Eric) Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-11** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-05** Draft On Hold
- **2017-03-20** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-03-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-21** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-03-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-22** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Hearing
- **2017-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 2nd Reading Passed Consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-03-31** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-31** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-03-31** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-31** Transmitted to House
- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Hearing
- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-22** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-28** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b94dcc57-b88f-4691-9f67-4221b7f2f5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).